What role religion played in your life growing up?

While growing up, I saw religion as a guide, a source of meaning, and a beacon of hope. It was also, of course, where I made several life-long friends. Back then, I still had plenty of anxiety and stress the church was putting on me, and plenty of strain on my mixed-faith family too, since the church demands so much time and work from its members. I didn't let myself accept those parts of religion yet, but they would eventually become much more prominent as I grew up.

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